Horse s***

[rubblequeen]

OK a bit off the wall but got to thinking today while poo picking in the horses paddock. The poo is mostly made up of grass and just wondered if anyone knows if it will burn when dried out. I know in India they use cow poo for fuel, well I have unparalleled access to huge amounts of horse poo and wondered about burning it on our Squirrel.

 

I'm sure on here someone's tried it before.

[tree monkey]

Yes it will but seriously where will you dry all that muck :-)

 

Plus of course I wouldn't want to be down wind of your fire;-)

[Delta9]

If it's dry enough, yes, but your neighbours will hate you for it.

[Guest]

Simon likes to eat it, if you don't burn it feed your dog with it (if you have one)

[rubblequeen]

Simon likes to eat it, if you don't burn it feed your dog with it (if you have one)

Yes my dogs eat it also along with any other disgusting stuff they can find out in the countryside. Maybe if burning it you may be compelled to become a CC.

[ChimneyChain]

No it's shit

[carlt]

Once an essential ingredient for making Chalico (Charlie) for waterproofing wooden boats.

 

Nowadays bituminous roof repair mastic does a similar job.

[rubblequeen]

No it's shit

I know I've been picking it up for the last hour, in fact nearly every day forever! Would like my labour to have a more positive outcome. It this a business opening?

[mark99]

Let it rot down, bag it up and sell it as manure via an honesty box.

[Ray T]

Useless fact of the day.

 

Mix it with pitch and you get "hosmacanta" (not sure of spelling) used to patch holes in wooden Narrowboats.

[carlt]

Useless fact of the day.

 

Mix it with pitch and you get "hosmacanta" (not sure of spelling) used to patch holes in wooden Narrowboats.

Never heard Charlie called that before.

[Barry]

Simon likes to eat it, if you don't burn it feed your dog with it (if you have one)

 

Riko likes to annoint himself with it. I worked this out when out one day when I finished a mobile phone conversation. Looking down I saw the owd boy had turned green

[Grace and Favour]

There must be a story in this somewhere----- maybe?

 

"I keep warm by putting horse droppings on my squirrel"

[Ray T]

Never heard Charlie called that before.

 

Carl, I got it from "A Cry from the Cut" produced by the BBC Home Service broadcast in 1962.

 

Or "The English Canals"

 

Without listening to the CD's it was either

Sam Lomas, Joe Skinner, Alf Best or Mr Bates.

Edited October 1, 2014 by Ray T

[carlt]

Wihtout listening to the CD's it was either

Sam Lomas, Joe Skinner, Alf Best or Mr Bates.

That would be "Horse muck and Tar", perhaps?

[Hawkmoth]

That would be "Horse muck and Tar", perhaps?

Brilliant! Have a greenie.

Bob

[Ray T]

That would be "Horse muck and Tar", perhaps?

 

Makes sense, perhaps the spelling should be "hosmucanta".

[Rusty Rivet]

The best use for horse muck once it's well rotted is to put it on rhubarb.

[tommytelford]

With custard?

[Rusty Rivet]

With custard?

One or the other, not at the same time, that would taste disgusting

[luctor et emergo]

In India they have the benefit of long, dry, sunny days, to dry the cowshit.

 

And nothing else to burn.

[Pykebird]

If anyone wants some, I can get loads!

[Derek R.]

There used to be a bit of a race amongst neighbours in our street in N. London as to who could scoop up the horse manure first; dustman/milkman/rag'nbone man (not their poo - the horses), as it was highly regraded for the Roses. The stables where my daughter works have to pay to have it carted away.

 

Yes, it will burn, but the high moisture content will gum the flue. Dried it is very fibrous, frankly not worth the effort. We did at one time burn dried cow pats when on the L&L - just to see if they would. And they did. The smell of smouldering dung heaps was one of those that sticks in the memory never to be forgotten.

[rubblequeen]

Maybe I'll just give this idea a miss and keep on shovelling.

[dave moore]

I've always known the mixture as chalico.

Dave